Nat Friedman
Founder and Managing Partner @ NFDG Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Nat Friedman is an entrepreneur and developer. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nat Friedman has two degrees from MIT and has been writing software for 27 years. Nat Friedman is passionate about building products that delight customers with love and attention to detail.In 1999, he co-founded Ximian with Miguel de Icaza. Natwas a co-founder and chairman of the GNOME Foundation. At Novell, Nat ran engineering for a $110M product and served as CTO of the Linux business.
- Total investments:
- 120
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 22%
Last updated:
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Industries Nat Friedman invests in
Stages Nat Friedman invests in
Countries Nat Friedman invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$15M
- Series A
- $10M–$60M
- Series B
- $28M–$130M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 46 (38%)
- Software 40 (33%)
- Information Technology 22 (18%)
- Machine Learning 13 (11%)
- Developer Tools 11 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 40 (33%)
- Series A 37 (31%)
- Series B 16 (13%)
- Pre-Seed 10 (8%)
- Series C 5 (4%)
Country
- United States 79 (66%)
- United Kingdom 2 (2%)
- India 1 (1%)
- Spain 1 (1%)
- France 1 (1%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Granola
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AI note-taking solution | $125M / Series C / Mar 25, 2026 | |
Shellworks
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Shellworks is a biomaterials company that develops and manufactures a bio-based material that offers a sustainable alternative to conventional plastics. The company’s technology converts natural raw materials into polymers that can be used in packaging, consumer goods, and other applications where traditional plastics are commonly employed. Vivomeris engineered to provide similar functional properties as conventional plastics while offering improved environmental performance through biodegradability or compostability. Shellworks focuses on integrating its materials into manufacturing processes, collaborating with companies seeking to reduce plastic waste and transition to renewable, circular solutions. Through its research, development, and production of bio-based polymers, the company aims to enable practical, eco-friendly material alternatives across multiple industries. | $15M / Series A / Mar 04, 2026 | |
Sumble
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Sumble provides a sales intelligence platform that crawls the web for technographic and contact data, giving sales teams context on prospective customers. | $30M / Series A / Oct 22, 2025 | |
Composite
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Reinventing knowledge work in your browser | $5.6M / Seed / Sep 30, 2025 | |
Medra AI
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Medra AI automates repetitive wetlab tasks so scientists can collect data and run the experiments needed to make scientific discoveries | $11M / Pre-Seed / Sep 11, 2025 | |
Julius AI
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Julius AI develops a platform that analyzes data with computational AI. It enables users to analyze datasets, create visualizations, solve math, and much more. | $10M / Seed / Jul 28, 2025 | |
Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company
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Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company Certify and insure AI agents to unlocks secure AI adoption for enterprises. | $15M / Seed / Jul 23, 2025 | |
XBOW
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XBOW operates autonomously, carrying out commands and analyzing the results to achieve higher-level objectives. | $75M / Series B / Jun 24, 2025 | |
Traversal
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Traversal is building the AI SRE for the enterprise. | $48M / Series A / Jun 18, 2025 | |
Antimetal
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Making cloud savings automated, effortless, and risk-free Start saving in 2 minutes; no code or engineering is required. | $20M / Series A / Jun 12, 2025 | |
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Co-Investors
About NFDG Ventures
NFDG Ventures is a venture capital firm of Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross.
NFDG Ventures Contacts
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FAQ
What does Nat Friedman invest in?
Nat Friedman invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 120 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Nat Friedman's check size?
Nat Friedman typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$15M at Seed, $10M–$60M at Series A and $28M–$130M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nat Friedman participates in.
When did Nat Friedman last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Nat Friedman closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 120 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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